Spark-producing figure wheeled toy



July 31, 1928. 1,678,797

C. ARNOLD SPARK PRODUCING FIGURE WHEELED TOY Filed Sept. 29, 1927 Patented July 31, 1928.

PATENT oF Ic CARL ARNOLD, OE NUREHBERG, GERMANY.

SPARK-PRODUCING FIGURE WEE BLED TOY.

Application filed September, 1927.. Serial in, 222,907.

This invention relates to a toy with a spark-producing mechanism operated by a I has become runningwheel and with a toy figure. It known to mount on a running wheel or on a trundle hoop a driving mechanism for a figure or for mound-producer which works when the filnning Wheel is running. According to the invention this driving mechanism is utilized for operatlng at the same time a spark-producing mechanism, thesparks of which are visible from the outeri side through coloured transparent panes and a figure which is sitt-ingon the rotating shaft of the driving mechanism, an up and down and forward and backward movement being communicated to this figure. I Y

A toy according'to" the invention is illustrated, by 'way of example, in the accompanying drawing in Fig. 1 in side elevation, in v Fig. 2 in rear. elevation and 1n Fig. 3-in top plan view.

On a running wheel a a driving mecha-- nism a is fixed which comprises a dnvmg Y shaft b. This running wheel a with the driving mechanism a or with the gear wheels of the same is operated by a driving rod inserted into a sleeve mounted on the driving mechanism a. Thecasing of'the driving mechanism a standsalways -perpendicular to the ground owing to the angle at which. the driving rod is adjusted. Above the driving mechanism a a disk 9 covered with emery is fixed.- Cerium stones h fixed on oscillatable levers i slide on this emery diskg. The oscillatable levers i are fixed on flaps is projecting froma disk m which is rotated by,the driving shaft Z of-the driving are produced which are visible from the outg mechanism. By the sliding of the cerium stones on the emery disk brushes sparks side through coloured transparent panes a mounted in the disk m. A toy figure o is" loosely mounted, by means of perforated an gular fia s p, on t e downwardl bent portion of t e shaft 1') of the drivlng mechanism a said portion projecting from the easing. 'lhe movement of the toy figure on the shaft is limited by a bar 9 fixed on the driving mechanism a. The toy figure 0 has movable arms 1- which carry a plate 8 having a slot 23. Withthis slot. t engages the shaft Z of the driving mechanism so that the figure is maintained in vertical position, by

lifting the arms "r the plate '8 can be disengaged from shaft ,Z whereupon, after short rotation to the right,- the bar g separates from the angular flaps p of the toy-figure, so that this toy figure can be removed from the shaft.

The operation of the toy is as follows visible through the transparent panes n in disk m. B the movement of the bent portion of sha t b an up and down andforward and backward movement is communicated to the toy-figure 0 and continued as long as the child pushes the driving-rod. When the driving rod is no longer pushed, the operation stops.

rising in combination with the hoop, a cas-v mg, a horizontalshaft journaled-in said casd mg projecting at both ends from said casing carrying said hoop'on one end and bent at.

the-other pro ecting end, a driving mechanism in said casing comprising a vertical driven shaft projecting from. the top end of said casing, a spark-producing mechanism above said driving mechanism consisting of a disk fixed-on the top end of said casing, of

1. A toy consisting of a trundle hoop, com-.

a disk fixed onthe projecting 'endof said vertical shaft, oscillatable levers attached to the lower side of said rotatable disk, a cerium stone at the outer end of eachv lever rest-ing upon said emery disk, coloured transparent panes in said rotatable disk, a toyure on the bent projecting portion of sad horizontal shaft, and a driving rod adapted to trundle said hoop and to operate said driving mechanism and said spark-producing mechanism and to impart to said toy-fi ure on said bent portion of the driving sha t up and down and backward and forward movements. a 2. A toy as-specified in claim 1, com risin in combination with the casin o the driving mechanism, the driving sha having a projecting bent gortion andthe toy-figure of said toy-figures, a plate fixed on said arms mounted on this nt ntion of the shaft, and havin -a slot pushed over said driving of perforated angular ups fixedto said toyshaft so t at, when said driving shaft ro- 10 figure and ushe over said shaft, 8. bar fixed tates, said toy-figure remains in the vertical 5 to said casmg and engaging over one of said position.

fla, s for preventing accidental detaching of In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. ssi toy-figure from said shaft, movable arms CARL ARNOLD. 

